West Ham United could hand Premier League debuts to three young players at Burnley this afternoon, football.london understands.

Slaven Bilic has chosen to bring U23s trio Declan Rice, Dan Kemp and Moses Makasi with the first-team squad to Turf Moor for the Hammers' final Premier League game of the season, with Toni Martinez a slightly surprising omission given his two goals to win the PL2 play-off final at Newcastle.

Midfielder Makasi and winger Kemp both featured in the U23s' 2-1 success at St James' Park and both have impressed in training this week as Bilic looks to see how they can handle the step up to first-team football.

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Central defender Rice is the likeliest to make his first-team debut after Bilic namechecked him during his press conference on Thursday and confirmed he would be in the squad to face the Clarets.

Given the defensive nightmare West Ham suffered in their 4-0 home defeat to Liverpool last weekend and Winston Reid undergoing surgery, the Hammers boss may be tempted to reshuffle his backline, with Makasi and Kemp likely to offer options from the bench.

"We have a game on Sunday and we have many injuries, but he’s one of them that may play. He’s in the squad.

"Declan is very good for his age. He is extremely good, he is mature and it’s all based on the training and he plays very well for the Under-23s. He has a bright future in him and it’s all down to him.

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"He played a couple of games in the pre-season when we went to the States and we were missing a few players. I can see him being a really good player."